NANJING - A direct air route between Wuxi, a flourishing city in East China's Jiangsu province, and Seoul, capital of the Republic of Korea, opened on Friday.

The maiden flight took off at 8 am on Friday from Wuxi and arrived in Seoul three hours later. China Eastern Airlines will fly the route every Monday and Friday and ROK's Asiana Airlines will fly the route every Tuesday and Saturday.

The city currently has 8 international and regional routes linking the city with Hong Kong, Macao, Taiwan, Singapore, Japan, ROK and Thailand.